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Movie Review: Video game-to-horror flick 'Five Nights at Freddy’s' misfires badly 10/26/2023 10:05am • Just in time for Halloween comes “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” a video game adaptation with the potential treat of demented Chuck E. Cheese-like animatronic creatures running amok. But the trick turns out to be on us. The movie — built from developer Scott Cawthon's video game about anthropomor Greek army destroys World War II bomb found during excavation for luxury development near Athens 10/26/2023 09:20am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek army specialists Thursday destroyed an unexploded World War II bomb discovered during work on a massive urban development project at a coastal area south of Athens. Authorities said the 500-pound bomb was destroyed without a detonation after traffic in the area was halt Things to do in the DC area: Space talk, Shrek Ball, spooky disco … and more! 10/26/2023 04:27am • There's so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. Looking for Halloween events? Check out WTOP's guide to all things spooky. Check back every Thursday for a roundup of Things to do in the D.C. area. Business owners in a Ukrainian front-line city adapt even as 'a missile can come at any moment' 10/26/2023 12:09am • KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — In a city where damaged buildings are everywhere, a destroyed pizzeria stands out as a painful reminder of lives and livelihoods dashed in an instant. A Russian ballistic missile struck the popular eatery in eastern Ukraine in June, killing 13 people including an award-w Hurricane Otis unleashes massive flooding in Acapulco, triggers landslides before dissipating 10/25/2023 11:31pm • ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Otis tore across Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a powerful and dangerous Category 5 hurricane Wednesday, unleashing massive flooding in the resort city of Acapulco and setting off looting as desperate relatives tired of waiting for help to arrive. While litt 7 Best Cheap Stocks to Buy Under $20 10/25/2023 08:00pm • Earlier in 2023, it seemed like Wall Street would overcome the recent pressures of inflation and rising rates. But with the S&P 500 down about 9% in the past 90 days and uncertainty on the rise, it's starting to look like the year may end on a sour note after all. The good news for bargain-consc 1st major storm of the season drops up to a foot of snow in Montana 10/25/2023 05:18pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The first major snowstorm of the season dropped up to a foot (30 centimeters) of snow in the Helena, Montana, area by Wednesday, sending an army of snowplows and sand trucks out onto the roads. Residents woke up to swirling snow and the sound of shovels on sidewalks just days Honolulu tells story of healers with dual male and female spirit through new plaque in Waikiki 10/25/2023 04:33pm • HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu officials on Tuesday introduced a new interpretive plaque for four large boulders in the center of Waikiki that honor Tahitian healers of dual male and female spirit who visited Oahu some 500 years ago. The centuries-old boulders — one for each of the four visiting heal Hundreds of miners leave South Africa gold mine after being underground for 3 days in union dispute 10/25/2023 04:16pm • SPRINGS, South Africa (AP) — Hundreds of miners who spent three days underground because of a union dispute left a gold mine in South Africa on Wednesday, mine officials and the union at the center of the standoff said. More than 100 miners who police and mine officials said were held against thei Hyundai is rapidly building its first US electric vehicle plant, with production on track for 2025 10/25/2023 02:34pm • ELLABELL, Ga. (AP) — The steel skeletons of buildings where Hyundai will stamp, weld, paint and assemble electric vehicles in Georgia span more than a half mile on a sprawling site dotted with so many cranes, bulldozers and construction workers that it almost looks like they're building a small ci Pope's big synod on church future produces first document, but differences remain over role of women 10/25/2023 02:10pm • ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church headed into its final stretch Wednesday, with differences over the role of women still dividing the assembly even as it produced its first document after a month of debate. The Vatican released a letter from the 364-membe Watch for these 3 Medigap shopping surprises to avoid overpaying 10/25/2023 09:34am • Medicare beneficiaries can buy Medicare Supplement Insurance, or Medigap, to help cover certain out-of-pocket costs associated with Medicare Part A and/or Part B. (If you’re shopping during open enrollment, Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, remember that people with Medicare Advantage can’t buy Medigap plans.) Israeli airstrikes surge in Gaza, destroying homes and killing dozens at a time 10/25/2023 12:49am • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel escalated airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, crushing families in the rubble of residential buildings, as health officials said hundreds of Palestinians were killed in the past day and medical facilities were shut down because of bomb damage and lack of po Vermont ski town says it's 'waiting with open arms' for the winter season after severe flooding 10/25/2023 12:19am • LUDLOW, Vt. (AP) — The debris and mud slide near the base of the road to the Okemo ski resort have long been cleared away, and open flags now hang outside shops and restaurants in a small Vermont ski town hit by severe flooding this summer. As winter approaches and the fall tourism season lingers Workhouse Arts Center scares Lorton, Va. with 'Game Over' haunted trail 10/25/2023 12:05am • The Workhouse Arts Center is celebrating a decade of creative, spooky and haunted trails in Lorton, Virginia. The 10th annual Workhouse Haunt walking experience delivers one more weekend of frights this Friday, Saturday and Sunday before closing with a grand finale on Tuesday night for Ha